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Some nurseries label N ↢some↣ Min any nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety as "miniature."
Others do not. N ↢some↣ ~Min
If a variety of fruit tree is not suitable for growing in a tub or a pot, no tree of that variety can be correctly labeled Min + CL → SGP "miniature."
Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the information above?
Most nurseries mislabel at least
The stimulus does not prove anything to be true of most nurseries.
2% picked this
Some of the nurseries have
The statements support LM + CL → ~SGP the claim that some nurseries correctly label their nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety as miniature only if the variety is suitable for growing in a pot. This answer states that they are correctly labeled only if they are not suitable for growing in a pot.
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Any nectarine tree of the
This assumes that nectarine trees of the Stark Sweet Melody variety are not suitable for growing in a pot.
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Some nectarine trees that are
The statements do not support an inference about nectarine trees that are not labeled “miniature.”
6% picked this
Unless the Stark Sweet Melody
Why this is right
This follows from the N ↢some↣ Min 1st and 2nd statements. Min + CL → SGP ∴ (N → CL) → SGP
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